+John. Subscriber¹ Posted February 27, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 27, 2008 Well, if you're gonna crash, at least go out with a bang/destroying the drive entirely. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589235492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodan Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I think I just shed a tear. :( Poor HDD... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
careless_monkey Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 lol looks like a century old device... wudve kept it in the my ancient's collection.. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Are the heads made of adamantium or what? The last time I've tried to break platters with a hammer, the only thing I've achieved were small dents and only bending it lightly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 That would be the new Secure Data Destruction Software ;) Makes the Hard-drive self-destruct. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyvol Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Wonder if that's why a drive I have grinds the way it does? Is that powder I see all over the inner casing? Don't inhale it!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://toddyvols.ecrater.com Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geranium_Z__NL Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 hmmmm Innerrr Cassiiiing *homer Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBfromMemphis Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Maxtor had a unreleased ad campaign ... "The new Fireball AT hard drive... now with more blender!" ... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticWhisper Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Looking at those pics again, that's not so much a drive crash as it is the hardware equivalent of a kamikaze pilot. The drive died...WITH HONOR! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
M/\TT Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Bloody hell.... I bet that made a lovely noise before it bit the dust with a vengeance! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalx Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 OH NOES GAIS HURRY GET TEH TAPE DRIVE BACK UP111111111111111111 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscross93 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 time to get out the duct tape......................but seriously, what woulda caused that? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormier6083 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Wowzas... thats horrendous! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscross93 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It's probably an RIAA brand hard drive. Someone tried ripping a song from a CD to that drive and it destroyed itself... :shiftyninja:-Spenser Agreed Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscross93 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 We pulled a bad drive apart at work this afternoon. It had a nasty rattle to it before we opened it, but we didn't expect this: If you look the little filter thingy that all hard drives seem to have is gone.......wonder what happened there? Theory: Little filter thingy gets dislodged somehow, flis around and makes contact with the pcb board. The filter hits a couple of pins just right, and before you know it both ave disappeared. This is of course assuming there was any oxygen in there. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted February 27, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 27, 2008 This is of course assuming there was any oxygen in there. Of course there's oxygen in there. They aren't air tight in the slightest. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windam Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 My Quantum drive lives on in 6GB glory lol since 98 still going >.< A piece of documentary.. good work! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krad Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Looks like the rubber padded seal melted and flaked every inside the drive. The material is usually lined on the metal pieces of the drive as well as the arm reading the disc. I bet if you lightly rub off the resude from the discs and place it in another drive, it would be recoverable. You could send it away to a data recovery company for a few thousand dollars. :-) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted February 27, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted February 27, 2008 Be sure to spread the word and digg this: http://digg.com/hardware/Worst_hard_drive_crash_ever_pics Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
python134r Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Spinrite it................... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589236847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Of course there's oxygen in there. They aren't air tight in the slightest. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Funniest post for a while! :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589237120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticWhisper Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Nice camera. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589237152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Pretty sure you can get the data back if you just pop it in the freezer then hook it back up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589237195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0nic69 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 ha ha, pretty nice. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589237227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 28, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 28, 2008 this thing got dugg!! almost fried our own servers with traffic. LOL Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/622101-worst-hard-drive-crash-ive-seen/page/3/#findComment-589237447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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